The health industry in the United States is a mess, probably worse than a woke vampire movie where vampires use pronouns like undead/cursed and make their victims go to DEI training (Death, Exsanguination and Immortality) before selecting them based on their social privilege score. Talk about sucking!
But back to the point: the system is a mess. Case in point, the insurance companies are for-profit institutions. As, um, you might have noticed from recent events this leads to almost inevitable conflict between the patient and “their” insurance company.
-WiscoDave
All true. And all irrelevant, as nothing will be done to correct the system. There are too many job titles, paychecks and lifestyles entirely dependent on the system as it is. Which means the system will, at some point in the foreseeable future, do a Thelma and Louise right off the cliff. Only once that happens will there be anything done to correct the criminality and grift built into the present setup. Brace for impact, and hope you don't need and serious medical care once this sucker goes down, because there will be a period of time where care will not be available at any price.
ReplyDeleteNow imagine it NOT being 'for profit' and having it run by the government.
ReplyDeleteThe price will quadruple and more and more people and bureaucrats will 'for profit' from it.
thanks to o'bamacareless & millions of illegal leeches, my insurance premium is $21,000+ a year out of my paycheck with another possible $20+K in out of pocket and the coverage shrinks every year,,,it is no longer health insurance, it is a tax paid to cover the feel good programs of the communist left
ReplyDeleteYep. Worst system imaginable. Except for all the others. Canadian health care? Just die, we'll help. UK? NHS is a joke. Etc. Want your broken hip fixed this afternoon? US healthcare. Want your heart attack stented in 45 minutes? US healthcare. The problems we have, and we do have some, are the result of government interference in a no longer free market.
ReplyDeleteYes, we WOULD be better off without the insurance (Obamacare, anyone?), and we WOULD be better off without healthcare as a "benefit" of employment (blame Truman for that one) that lets companies cook the books and encourages price inflation.
But fee for service healthcare? Paid exclusively by the private patient? A cost paid by the consumer efficiently and effectively allocates a scarce resource, AND prevents overuse. Get the gub'mint thumb off the scale, go back to healthcare paid for by the user -not third parties- and a basically good system will be even better.
Shyster lawyer, ambulance chasers are a prime cause of the costs. People complain about healthcare insurance policy costs. Most doctors pay $100,000+ a year for liability insurance and hospitals pay more. It turns healthcare into a friggin money musical chair game where the real winners are the lawyers and the patient losers.
ReplyDeleteHealthcare is a catch-22. If those involved can't make a profit, there's no incentive to improve things. On the other hand, when all that COUINTS is profit, there's ALSO no incentive to improve things; just to charge more for what's already out there. I think the biggest ghost in the machine is how cozy the government is with the "for-profit" people. There's no way in HELL the likes of Fauci, wholly owned and well fed by Big Pharma, should be allowed to exist in the government ranks. Of course, someone can "pass a law" preventing this from happening and it'll still happen, just via a different route.
ReplyDeleteI've long held that the problem with healthcare is NOT the lack of availability of "insurance," but the COST OF HEALTHCARE. Indeed, the astronomical cost of healthcare can be DIRECTLY traced back to the advent of medical insurance. When the patient no longer felt the sting of the cost, the costs rose exponentially. I was in the hospital during the summer due to blood clots in both my leg and my lungs. I lay there for three days on a Heparin drip while a nurse stabbed me every four hours to check the clotting factor. I attempted to eat what was BY FAR the ABSOLUTE WORST institutional food I've ever eaten. That was ALL the care I received.
The total charged to my insurance was FIFTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS. Given the goods and services rendered during my stay, that amount was COMPLETELY INSANE! THAT is what needs to be dealt with here!!!
I would like everyone to pay the same rate whether or not they have insurance. Insurance should pay the bill, not set the price. If I had insurance prices, I would not need insurance except for catastrophic insurance.
ReplyDeleteYes, I'm sure the government will run health care with all of the compassion of the IRS. https://x.com/RobynUrback/status/1869024092810367255?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1869024092810367255%7Ctwgr%5Ea57f5c7693bfa8b99e71c98bdc2ab5de55d885c9%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fblazingcatfur.ca%2F2024%2F12%2F17%2Fwtf-3428%2F
ReplyDeleteMany countries may say their health system sucks, but they also say it's better then America's
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